T T 1 1 1 t f I a I v B- i V X raawfr rwrasw 2 JsSsfci2 - LEES TESTIMONY Regarding the Destruction of Our Bat tle Ship Maine in Havana Harbor Gen Blanco Had Nothing to Do With th Blowing Up of the Vessel He Wept at the Palace Over the Ter rible Seed Washington April 15 The testi mony of Gen Lee given to the senate foreign relations committee was made public Thursday T The most interesting portion of the consul generals testimony that relating- to the Maine was lengthy Lee said he was informed that the Span iards had placed two rows of torpedoes at the mouth of the Havana harbor by Morro castlev within the last two months or subsequent to the Maine disaster and that the switchboard was 5n a room in the castle lie said bow el er that he had no information of the placing of any torpedoes before the Maine was destroyed The letter of Gen Weyler brought to light by Correspondent Laine was referred to Lee thought the letter genuine This belief was based on a Telegram of which he knew It ca...

2 3 b z S a P 3 I P o o 3 t ci THE REGULAR ARMY Ordered to the Southcra Coast Mostly to New Orleans Mobile and Tampa Washington April 16 An order was issued late Friday ordering1 the entire regular army to assemble on the coast mostly in Florida The order was issued at 4 oclock Friday afternoon It directs the First Second Third Sixth Ninth and Tenth cavalry and all light bat teries to proceed at once to Chickamauga the First Seventh Eighth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Eighteenth Twentieth and Twenty third infantry to New Orleans the Second Third Fourth Sixth Thir teenth Sixteenth Seventeenth Nine teenth Twenty second and Twenty fourth infantry to Mobile the Fifth Ninth and Twenty first infantry to Tampa The officers who will command will be Gen Shafter at New Orleans Gen Coppinger at Mobile Gen Wade at Tampa and Gen Brooke at Chicka onauga ET p P D o O 03 a f er p 2 3 M 3 3 tn i v rt a K i 1 2 P o 3 3 THE POWERS Will Not Intervene Between the United States and Spain Rome April 10 The Popo...

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I B- I IW i i ir ft IT - K BT - J fci -- St- ifc r rr fc k P I A r THE BOURBON NEWS Eighteenth Year Established 188 Published Every Tuesday and Friday by LITTLE TINY TOES When the Shadow Giant Comes across the land Dropping seeds of slumber From his dewy hand Then the household darling- Little Tiny Toes Cries in winning accents As to bed she goes Ere the slumber blossoms - All about her creep Turn an tiss me mamma Den mell go to seep Pretty little sly boots Though she calmly lies Shes not always sleeping When she shuts her eyes Mamma may have kissed her Many times before Yet youll hear her pleading While her eyes once more Through half lifted eyelids Oer the bedclothes peep Turn an tiss me mamma Den mell go to seep So the household darling T Little Tiny Toes Fights the Shadow Giant Ere she finds repose As the tranquil twilight Slowly disappears Pleads for good night kisses In the mothers ears Sweet ah sweet the drowsy Nestlings parting cheep Turn an tiss me mamma Den mell go to seep...

HUMOROUS She Wasnt John Calvin a married man He He must have been Didnt he reject the doctrine of free will Puck I see that the farmers up in York state are making- maple sugar Have you heard what they are making it out of this year Cleveland Leader Beth solicitous that so many feath ers are scattered over the hen yard Papa oughtnt something be done to keep the hens from wearing out so Judge A Readjustment She But Fred are you really running behind so much He Well I keep my clothes in the drawer of my desk and my un paid bills in the wardrobe Life How He Knew Begorra an its har rd to collect money these days Is you bin tryin to clect some Mr Murphy Divil a cint but theres a plinty tryin to collict from me Truth His Idea Papa said Sammy Snaggs what does a candidate mean when he says he has burned his bridges behind him He means replied Mr Snaggs that he has begun a hot cam paign Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph An Aggrieved Class I suppose said Mr Frankstown as he handed a dime to a tr...

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itic n j It 31 81 nc ja jn reCT A TOCSIN OF WAR Sounded hy the United States Congress at 115 Tuesday Morning April 19 INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA DECLARED The Foraker Amendment to the Cuhau Resolution Defeated in the House Signed by the Speaker and Vice President and Goes to the President for His Signature Dogs of War Will He Let Loose Washington April 19 At 1207 p m -the senate Cuban resolution was received in the house It was read and the democrats applauded when the recognition clause was read The reading- of the journal had not been concluded before the clerk of the senate announced the passag e of the house Cuban resolutions with senate amendments Instantly the galleries were all attention and members leaned forward in their seats The leaders watched each other with intent alert features The first move was import ant As the resolutions were read the declaration with regard to the recog nition of the independence of Cuba was vociferously cheered by the demo crats This demonstration was...

f P yiFTY FIFTH CONGKESS turned to the senate was concurred in House The house defeated the Foraker amendment to the senate committee on for egn relations- report on the Cuban joint lutions and passedthe report with the Teller amendment at 115 Tuesday morning after having been passed upon by a conference com mittee Washington April 20 Senate Compara tively little business was transacted by the senate Tuesday all of the senators being fa tigued on account of their long vigil Monday night over the Cuban resolution Considera tion of the sundry civil appropriation bill was resumed and the wide latitude of debate per mitted under the rules of the senate afforded opportunity for some explanations to be made concerning the action of the sen ite upon the Cuban question Mr Cockrell Mo and Mr Bacon Ga explained the ac t on of the democrats in voting against tho conference report in the early hours of Tues day morning and the colluqies that ensued be tween them ami some of the republican sen a...

tf1 i sBC T l f THE Charged With Forgery qsw AT IIIINI HEWS Eighteenth Year Established 1881 Entcied at the Post office at Paris Ky as iiss mail matter TELEPHONE NO 124 SUBSCRIPTION 2R1CE8 Payable in Advance One year S2 00 Six months SI 00 news costs you cant kven get a re port FKOM A GTJK FRKE OF CHARGE Make all Clieckx Money Orders Etc payable to the order of Champ Miiler Baby buggies at J T Hintons The Postal Telegraph Company may establish an office in Richmond For Sle Bicycle Steams Special A bargain Geo D Mitchell The Advocate says that Dr Nelson of Danville will shortly locate in this city for the practice of dentistry 4 Misses Oora Ort and Carrie Webb of Maysville have tendered their ser vices to the Government as nurses in the war with Spain Prop Edwin Boone will give hyp notic performances at the Mt Sterling opera house May 2d and 3d Prof Boone will give an exhibition at Mid way nest Wednesday The family of Dr J T McMillan moved from Lexington yesterday to their home in Ea...

it i Hi ll il tl tS I ft m 6 i 1 J1 B- 1 ts l i m R 6 psynyjww wm iyiiigW - n1 THE BOURBON NEWS Eighteenth Year Established 1881 Published Every Tuesday and Friday by A PARABLE When God first made a little bird For sheer delight He gifted it with power of song- But not of flight Then by its side He gently laid Those untried things That we in human parlance call A pair of wings And said My little one this load Uplift and see Beneath this strange disguise my loves Sweet thought for thee The feathered darling serious grew A sudden sob Choked all the music in its throat Ami seemed to rob The air of sunshine yet it gave A patient nod And said Ill bear it for your sake Dear Father God Then on reluctant shoulders firm The burden laid And lo the merry winds of heaven About it played Until in very ecstasy It spurned the ground And borne upon its lifted load Glad freedom found O mortal shrinking from thy cross Behold the birds And learn the dearest meaning yet Of those sweet words Ella Gilber...

A LITTLE NONSENSE Jtnther Indefinite Little Girl Ma wants five cents worth of dog- meat Butcher Bologna or frankfurters miss Judge Mrs Grumpy I see a good deal about Lee in the paper Who is Lee I dont recall him Grumpy Neither did McKinley Detroit Free Press Disproved They say if you fix your gaze on the back of any persons neck you can hypnotize them Not so The other day 1 tried- it on a tandem for an hour and the girl didnt work any harder Life I could die for you he declared I want you to live for me Alphonse she faltered lie staggered as under a blow The nerve of some people he muttered and iled away appalled De troit Journal It seems to me said the sultan that these Chinese complications af ford a great opportunity for Turkey IIowV asked the grand vizier Why I think this would be a good time for m Armenian massacre Puck His Ambition To think said the visitor that you will have to go through life an ex convict Well miss replied Claude to tell you the truth just at present there ...

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i IP ft I 2 ft MBMHRHH SB1 r w if - f v V W -V r 1C A - L p3 j j ipy gfjipuv iuvijwTj THE PRESIDENT CALLS iFor an Army of One Hundred and Twenty five Thousand Volunteers in Order to Carry Into Effect the Resolu tions of Congress to Drive Out the Hated Spanish From the Island of Cuba WAsniXGTOx April 25 The presi dent Saturday issued the following proclamation calling for r25000 troops to serve two years By the president of the United States a proclamation Whereas By a joint resolution of congress approved on the 20th day of April 1S9S entitled Joint resolution for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba demanding that the government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the is land of Cuba to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban ters and directing- the president of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect and Whereas by an act of congress en titled An act to provid...

4 La SuLt THE BOMBARDMENT I Of the City of Havana Began at Day light on Monday Morning Gen Blanco Blade Hasty Preparations for the Defense and Havana Was in an Uproar AIL Day Sunday Havana Cuba April 25 The United States fleet will begin the bom bardment of Havana Monday Rr Adm Sampson has sent notice rof his intention to Mr Gollan the British ambassador here who actinjr -under instructions from his govern ment is in charge of the United States cansulate in Havana Mr Gollan has told Capt Gen Blanco that real war is about to begin The city is terror stricken Adm Sampsons notice simply stated that he intended to begin the bom bardment It is not known whether his ships will confine themselves to the batteries and after silencing them take Havana with his sailors and ma rines or will try and compel surrender shelling the city itself Gen Blanco visited all the batteries as boon as he was told of the intention of the American eommander He is Sunday night at the Santa Clara where are the g...

MmT li H111 I IIMIi Mil ill ii HIM liFUilllllHHIi i i I ft i - Published every Tuesday and Friday by WALTER CHAMP BBUOE MILLER Editors and Owners Make all Checks Money Orders etc Buyable to the order of Champ MiiiiiER Tha President yesterday asked Con gress to declare war Congress prompt ly passed a bill declaring war Secretary of State John Sherman yes terday resigned and Assistant Secretary Day was appointed to succeed him Nine columns of war news will be found on pages two and three Spain has declared war against the United States Accounts of the capture of war prizes will he found on page three An associa ed press telegram at 640 last night stated that the Spanish fleet was -still at Cape Verde rraifea The fleet is expected to sail to day The Mangrove cut the Havana cable All Spanish news must now pass over theU S cable The torpedo boat Foote was the first U S boat fired upon Thirty thousand Springfield rifles wi 1 b furnished the Cubans The Spanish Cabinet has instructed the na...

r fflvt If PR - HlE BOUBOQH HEWS if Eighteenth Year Established 1881 Enieied at the Post office at Paris Ky as Becor f iiss mail matter TELEPHONE NO 124 SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Payable in Advance One year S2 00 I Six mouths 31 00 news costs you cant even get a re port FK03I A GUN FRKE OF CHARGE Make all Checks Money Orders Etc payable to the order of Champ Miller The melancholy days will come Too soon the men and maidens fear War tax will be put on chewing gum On cigarettes wine tea and beer The foundation for the Bourbon Bank building has been completed Linen sent to Bourbon Steam Laun dry is washed white not white washed The Episcopal ladies netted forty five dollars on their strawberry supper Fri day night Wanted To loan 1850 at 6 per cent first mortgage on real estate Call at The News office It Mrs Nannie Brown has on display for this week only an extra large line of stamped linens It The L N will sell round trip to Lexington to day at eighty cents on ac count of Singling Bro3 circu...